The Dish

Tag: Thanksgiving wines

If you’re still understandably boggled by what wines to pair with your Thanksgiving feast—a confluence of so many different flavors, whether you dine out or entertain at home—Virginia Philip, Master Sommelier of The Breakers and owner of an eponymous wine shop and academy in downtown West Palm Beach, has four suggestions.

If you think about a traditional Thanksgiving feast—turkey (white and dark meat), sweet yams, tart cranberries, herby and savory stuffing and more—choosing a single wine that marries with so many flavors and textures would seem darn near impossible, at least to those of us who enjoy wine, but lack formal training in the ways of the grape.

Richard Paladino, resident sommelier at downtown West Palm Beach’s Virginia Philip Wine Shop & Academy (101 N. Clematis St.; www.virginiaphilipwineshopacademy.com), concurs: ”There are so many different savory and sweet spices with a Thanksgiving meal, which can be a challenge if you’re trying to choose one [More]